VIDEO: Firefighters in Shelbyville are finding creative ways to get around town amid some construction in the area.
Right outside Fire Station 639, construction crews are doing work on McKay Road in Shelbyville. Firefighters have adapted to that road work, which started on Monday.
“They’ve changed it to one way only, which has restricted our response times and delayed some of those responses,” said Shelbyville Fire Department Deputy Chief Matthew Stone.
The department has a UTV that is often used for emergencies on trails in the area. After road work began right outside the station on Monday, the department decided to put its UTV in full throttle to help navigate through that construction and still respond to some emergencies as efficiently as possible.
It has all of the same bells and whistles in a fraction of the size of what you might expect to normally show up on a 911 call.